This section shows the details of current and on-going development in the LCRT corridor. The development forecast depends largely on where development is already located (“Existing”) and where ongoing development activity and/or development master plans suggest development will occur in the near term (“Pipeline”). Use the tabs below to explore floor area by land use in each market segment and the density of development associated with the existing and pipeline phases. The third tab shows the results of adding pipeline development to existing development.
Existing development is estimated through the following steps: - Parcel-based estimates rely on local property appraiser data to determine each parcel’s land use. Building area on each parcel is estimated using building footprint features from Microsoft.
- Each building footprint feature is associated with a single parcel based
on the building's centroid location.
- Total building floor area is estimated based on footprint area, the
building's estimated height, and a floor height assumption. Some constraints
apply for different land uses.
The point-based data are used to override parcel-based data for parcels where recent development activity is observed. Each parcel’s land use (from parcel data or recent development points) is generalized into one of seven classes, used throughout the forecasting analysis: - Single family residential - Multi-family residential - Hotel - Industrial - Office - Retail - Other
The chart below shows existing development floor area by land use for each market segment.

The map below shows each parcel’s floor area ratio (FAR), which is the total estimated building area on the parcel divided by its land area.